Posted on 01/29/2010 2:05:32 AM PST by free1977free
Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, has condemned the US and other industrial economies, holding them responsible for the phenomenon of climate change.
In an audio tape obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden criticised George Bush, the former US president, for rejecting the Kyoto pact and condemned global corporations.
"This is a message to the whole world about those responsible for climate change and its repercussions - whether intentionally or unintentionally - and about the action we must take," bin Laden said.
"Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury - the phenomenon is an actual fact."
The tape follows one released earlier this week in which the al-Qaeda leader praised a Nigerian man accused of a failed attempt to blow up an airliner heading for Detroit on Christmas Day.
'Grave repercussions'
In the new recording, bin Laden says "all the industrial states" are to blame for climate change, "yet the majority of those states have signed the Kyoto Protocol and agreed to curb the emission of harmful gases".
He continued: "However, George Bush junior, preceded by [the US] congress, dismissed the agreement to placate giant corporations. And they are themselves standing behind speculation, monopoly and soaring living costs.
"They are also behind 'globalisation and its tragic implications'. And whenever the perpetrators are found guilty, the heads of state rush to rescue them using public money."
The Kyoto Protocol, a UN treaty aimed at combating global warming, was adopted in December 1997 and has since been ratified by 187 states, but not by the US congress.
Although a signatory to the agreement, the US under Bush refused to ratify the treaty, saying that it should contain binding goals for developing countries to reduce emissions as well as those for industrialised nations.
Targeting US dollar
In the new recording, bin Laden said: "Noam Chomsky [the US academic and political commentator] was correct when he compared the US policies to those of the Mafia. They are the true terrorists and therefore we should refrain from dealing in the US dollar and should try to get rid of this currency as early as possible.
"I am certain that such actions will have grave repercussions and huge impact."
While continuing to attack America, bin Laden's comments mark a shift from his earlier, more regionally focused commentary.
In his previous tape, bin Laden warned that there would be further attacks on the US unless Barack Obama, the current US president, took steps to resolve the Palestinian conflict.
The Obama administration dismissed bin Laden's comments on the earlier tape and said intelligence analysts had not confirmed that the voice was that of bin Laden.
Mr Bin Laden, may the hole in the ozone rest solely on your head!
Is Al Gore impersonating Osama bin Laden? What’s next? Fat Al gets another Oscar?
Whoever thought this up didn’t realize how funny it is. This seems like a parody.
Notice bin laden isn’t in line with the moslem worldview, as demonstrated by this silly statement of his.
It’s been said before—he doesn’t really care about islam, he’s another variant of the tyrannical leftist.
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A 12 year-old could see through this b.s.
Fool me once, shame on me.
Fool me twice......Nevermind. Doesn't apply.
Obama’s just blustering, because his cave is cold.
“What’s he worried about? His cave stays at 52....”
Thanks for the laugh!!
I seriously doubt a Moslem terrorist cares 1 iota about “The Earth” or “The Environment”. It’s not their god, and it doesn’t seem to be a theme thereof, either.
He’s just using this to pummel the US. Whatever is the criticism du jour of the USA, he’s in on it.
Yup; now we know he’ll never be the same.
And it’s funny, because liberals are the 1st ones he’d execute if he took over the country - for all their heathenism/hedonism.
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Well, we know binnie is dead but it looks like Adam Gadahn is still alive.
Thanks a lot. Your post made me get stared at in public for lol!
...bin Laden criticised George Bush, the former US president, for rejecting the Kyoto pact and condemned global corporations... bin Laden said: "Noam Chomsky [the US academic and political commentator] was correct when he compared the US policies to those of the Mafia. They are the true terrorists and therefore we should refrain from dealing in the US dollar and should try to get rid of this currency as early as possible." ...In his previous tape, bin Laden warned that there would be further attacks on the US unless Barack Obama, the current US president, took steps to resolve the Palestinian conflict.Thanks free1977free.
So what happens when the world's worst person agrees with you on a contentious issue?
Well, it should make you reconsider your view, on said contentious issue.
You'd think that, anyway.
Take Osama bin Laden, who, in a very eloquent and articulate message just released on audiotape, warns us of the dangers of global warming - blaming the US and other industrialized countries for rising temperatures. He says, the only way to stop climate change, is to employ drastic solutions to help bring our economy to a halt. He added that the world should boycott American products, and have more sex with goats.
Now what's entertaining about this latest message isn't that Osama wants to have sex with goats (we knew that already), but how his environmental message fits so seamlessly with all that relentless blather heard at the Copenhagen climate conference.
My God, he could have been an advisor on "An Inconvenient Truth," a featured blogger at the Huffington Post, or command the midnight slot on MSNBC (he'd get better ratings). His opinions so perfectly reflect those entities, you'd think he'd be a natural choice for the Media Matter's advisory board.
And yes, I believe they have an opening – and you know they're okay with the goat thing.
Anyway, when a person finds out that a mass murderer shares his beliefs, shouldn't he then rethink his beliefs? Shouldn't Al Gore finally admit that his extreme climate change dogma is more anti-human than pro-planet - when the man responsible for killing thousands of innocent people turns out to be a big fan?
Eh.
Maybe that truth is too inconvenient.
And if you disagree with me, you're probably a racist pedophile who doesn't recycle.
Even the reprehensible, humorless partisan stooge Seth Meyer worked in a “joke” linking Al Gore to bin Laden. And yes, I have sworn off SNL at least twice. ;’) I watched the episode of the 30th, and literally never cracked a smile throughout; partway through Weekend Update I’d had enough.
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